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dnsmasq doesn't resolve 127.0.0.1

See original GitHub issue

I followed the instructions to set up dnsmasq. As soon as I reach this step, I lose access to the internet:

sudo networksetup -setdnsservers "Wi-Fi" 127.0.0.1

I tried clearing my DNS cache but that did not work. I’m running OS X El Capitan.

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Created 8 years ago
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fzagarzazucommented, Aug 11, 2016

The problem for me was this line in the configuration file:

conf-file=%%PREFIX%%/share/dnsmasq/trust-anchors.conf

There is no such file.

I commented it out and put the trusted-anchor setting instead (see README).

Note: trust anchor: https://data.iana.org/root-anchors/root-anchors.xml

Instructions:

To configure dnsmasq, copy the example configuration to /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf and edit to taste.

cp /usr/local/opt/dnsmasq/dnsmasq.conf.example /usr/local/etc/dnsmasq.conf

To have launchd start dnsmasq now and restart at startup: sudo brew services start dnsmasq

Note: requires sudo.

It copies the file, but check the permissions, execute the following command to change it: sudo chmod 0644 /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.dnsmasq.plist

You may want to update the documentation. Thanks for maintaining the page.

Hope this helps.

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rishadfbcommented, Oct 31, 2015

I reinstalled dnsmasq and followed the steps again. It worked fine this time. I don’t know why that is! Thank you for your help!

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